"How can a book of essays about shame be so remarkably refreshing, enlightening, and engaging? Because nothing is so empowering as the light of truth as told in lived stories of women. Because they turn out to be stories of redemption, not shame. Because, like me, you will be profoundly moved as you see yourself in the story. Because you will learn how to turn fear into power and shame into purpose. The Shame Prom is a brilliant book that just might change your life."
- Gloria Feldt, bestselling author of four books, including No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, former CEO of Planned Parenthood​

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"With this thought-provoking collection of essays by talented, gutsy writers, Amy Ferris and Hollye Dexter remove shame's hat, take its coat, leave it without shoes, expose it for the monster that it is - naked, knife in hand, perpetually heading for our hearts. Do-it-yourself shame-ectomies are what we all need, stopping that knife with a scalpel, one woman, one heart at a time. The glorious DANCING AT THE SHAME PROM tells us how to begin."
 - Christine Kehl O'Hagan, author of The Book of Kehls
 
"Shame is one of life's most debilitating emotions; it undermines courage, confidence, pride, and even love. Unfortunately women are especially vulnerable to societal disapproval. The stories in this book defy all those who feel entitled to judge our behavior, thoughts, and choices by bringing those experiences out of the shadows.  We all know that the truth will set you free, but the best part, as Gloria Steinem has said, is that first it will piss you off. This book will do both. " 
- Suzanne Braun Levine, first editor of Ms. Magazine, author of How We Love Now
 
"Wise, funny, and undeniably smart, this collection about shame lifts the stigma, sheds new light, and is both very human and very humane."
- Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You
 
"Shame degrades the spirit, steals hope and stunts growth; Dancing at the Shame Prom does the opposite.  Its moving first-person memoirettes are therapy for the soul, as cathartic for the reader as they must have been for the powerful and triumphant women who wrote them."

- Sean Strub, Writer, AIDS activist, filmmaker, founder of POZ Magazine 

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​"These are startlingly honest stories of deep-down, lingering hurt, bravely and eloquently told. Once you start reading you can't stop. The effect is oddly cleansing."​
- John Berendt, ​author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil